Wrecked wagon pics i took in 1984

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  1. GN300

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    While in the Fire Dept we got a call at around 6;00 am that a car had struck a tree.

    Upon arrival we found no one inside .

    The homeowner had heard a crash and looked out and saw nothing so he went back to bed, when he got up and looked out he saw the wreck and called us (pre-911)

    RCMP was there and checked the tag to see who owned it , went to his house and had to wake him up!

    He walked home after the crash(drunk still) .


    His boot was stuck between frame and tree.

    One lucky man.

    I may have posted these before !
     

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    The tree still has the marks!
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    Wow!!!! Lucky no one was riding with him!
     
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    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    It is truly impressive some of the things people literally walk away from.
     
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    Poor Ford, what did she do to deserve that fate? :(
     
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    Fat Tedy Island Red Neck

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    I was thinking mindboggling!

    Just how fast, sideways, airborne, etc was the drunk going??
     
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    wagonmaster Administrator Staff Member Moderator

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    Same here!
     
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    Holy Cow!
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Betcha he was sleeping against the door. Right leg likely bounced around like a rag doll's, he was soooo relaxed.
     
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    road has a slight rise and a hard right i'm guessing speed was an issue, looks like he didn't even try to turn he was drunk relaxed not asleep.

    He was asleep when the knocked on his door looking for him in the am!

    a few weeks later there was an accident with a old ford comet that hit another tree and split in 1/2 with the front clip and engine 30 feet from the rest of it!
     
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    I've seen a lot of wrecked vehicles over the years, due to my profession, but...............WOW.
     
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    You don't mind if I download the photos, do you? Crediting you of course. It's valuable info.
     
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    Thanks. I wonder how the car hit the tree in the first place? Was it at a slight angle so the driver would have been thrust against the driver door when it hit? Wait... Is that the steering wheel on the ground in photo 2? Was the floor ripped out from under him?

    Oh and...

    You posted a photo of the newspaper clipping which now that I read it, it says he pulled himself out with a tree limb. I still wonder how the steering wheel's on the ground though.

    http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/threads/like-subaru-says-he-lived.39713/
     
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    Can we tell what year the LTD was from these pics? As far as I can tell, it's a 1975 model (the photo of the front end showed enough integrity to see passenger side headlights) so it had a cat. I'm curious to understand how the heck this happened so I'm wondering what engine the car had and how fast it could have gone. Wouldn't you think he was going 90 to hit the tree like that and inflict that massive damage to the Ford? As far as I read both the 400 and the 460 engines were "theoretically" capable of reaching 100 though neither could make that wagon go much faster than that.
     
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